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{{Infobox Romanian Location|country = Romania|state = Cluj|pop = 310,243 (July 2007)|map = <map lat='46.77020358480152' lng='23.58541488647461' zoom='12' view='3' />|motorways = [[A3 (Romania)|A3 (under construction)]]}} [[File:Cluj_in_Romania.png|thumb|right]][[Cluj-Napoca]] (pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/; German: Klausenburg; Hungarian: Kolozsvár; Latin: Napoca, Castrum Clus, Claudiopolis; Bulgarian: Клуж-НапокаCzech: Kluž; Slovak: Kluž, Polish: Kluż), until 1974 Cluj, is a city in north-western [[Romania ]] and the seat of [[Cluj County]] county. The city, one of the most important academic, cultural and industrial centres centers in the country, is located in the historic province of Transylvania, being also its historic capital, and is approximately 440 km north-west of [[Bucureşti|Bucharest]], in the valley of the Someşul Mic river.<br>It concentrates about 310,000 people, but a high rise in metropolitan population is expected within the next 10 years. <br>== Hitching out ==At Cluj-Napoca intersect some several main internal routes of [[Romania]]intersect:<br>* North: [[Baia-Mare]], [[Ukraine]] (E576)<br>* South: [[Alba-Iulia]], [[Sibiu]], [[BucharestBucureşti]] (E60/E81)<br>* West: [[Oradea]], [[Hungary]] (E60)<br>Each one of these routes have specific places for hitchhiking, usually on the outskirts of the city.<br>You can normally tell where these are, because you'll see a bunch of people hitchhiking, as it's very popular in Romania. It's recommended that you take a bus from one exit to another. A bus ticket (including 2 allowing two rides) costs 2.6Lei 4 lei (about 75 Eurocents0.90€).<br><br>Note: check out Tickets must be validated in the maps at machine or ticket-puncher on the end of the page to fully understand the directions belowbus.<br> === Coming from South and Going North towards [[Dej]] {{European Route Number|576}} === *Get dropped just before This direction is good for northern Transylvania and going northeast into the big round-about (There's a bigprovince of Moldavia. Taking bus 8, 30 or 46B, or trolleybus 4, white building near)*Make a left (as 6 or 7 east to the trucks go) at the round-about. Go about 100m and therestop ''IRA'' / ''Atlas''s a bus station (heading towards in the round-about''Mărăşti'' neighbourhood).*Buy a bus ticket and After you get on off the bus 46B. It doesn't run on weekends.*Take , you should see a bridge going up over the bus to the last stop.*Get downrailroad tracks. You can hitchhike North right at from the start of the bridge over the railroad(near where some taxi drivers are typically hanging around).<br> == Coming from = South and going West towards [[Alba Iulia]], [[Sibiu]], [[Bucureşti|Bucharest]] / [[Târgu Mureş]], [[Braşov]], [[Bucureşti|Bucharest]] === *Get dropped just before You need to get to Sigma Center, in the big round-about (There's a big'Zorilor'' neighborhood, white building near)you can also look for the universitat techina. *Make a left (as the trucks gobus station is called ''Observatorului'') at . You can do this by taking any of the round-about. Go about 300m and therebuses '''35, 43, 43B, 46, 46B or 50'''s a bus station (heading towards these cover most of the round-aboutcity, but if you can't find a stop for one of them, ask around).*Cross the road It's best to ask someone how to get to ''Zorilor'', so you know in which direction to the opposite bus station and get on the bus 43 or 43B.*Get of After you get off the bus when , you should see a big trolleylarge round-bus and tram parking. If you miss itabout, you can get down after close to the clover-leaf intersectionSigma Center buildings. The hitchhiking spot is a bit uphill from that.'''Related map'''*Get to the clover-leaf intersection[http://www.liftershalte. You can hitchhike West from hereinfo/?lat=46.<br>75538337689141&lng=23.596047163009644&zoom= Coming from North and going South 18&trip=0&view=2 Exiting South]*Get dropped just after the bridge over the railroadOption 2: Take f.*Walk about 50m away from the bridge and there's a bus stop heading away from the bridgee.*Get a bus ticket and get on 40, 40S or M16 to the bus 46Bstation "Drum Faget".*The bus will cross the town center and then go up There is a road, on a big hill.*Get off the bus roundabout with directions Bucureşti or Făget right after the big round-about (Therebu's a bigstop, white building near)*You so you can hitchhike South by staying easily find a little uphill ride south from the round-aboutbus stop. It took me 4 minutes to find a ride to sebeş on Sept. 20th 2017, 10:30am.<br> == Coming from North and going = West towards [[Oradea]], [[Hungary]] {{European Route Number|60}} ===*Get dropped just after the bridge over the railroad.*Walk about 50m away from the bridge and thereYou need to get to ''Node N''s , a bus stop heading away from large clover-leaf intersection in the bridge''Mănăştur'' neighborhood.*Get a bus ticket and get on You can do this by taking any of the buses/trolley-bus buses '''9, 24, 29, 52 (to the ''Bucium'' stop)''' or '''1, 6.*Take the trolley-bus , 25, 43, 43B (to the last station.*Follow ''Clãbucet'' stop)''' (these cover most of the road as it makes city, but if you can't find a right. Go straight ahead stop for about 400mone of them, ask around).*Get It's best to ask someone how to get to ''Mănăştur'', so you know in which direction to get on the clover-leaf intersectionbus. You can hitchhike West from here.<br>== Coming from West and going South ==*Get If you got off right before at ''Clãbucet'', follow the clover-leaf intersection.*Make road, make a right at the clover-leaf intersection, go about 400m and make a left as you'll be at the road goes. *There's a bus station. Get a ticket and take the bus 43'Bucium'' stop.*Get down at From the last station.*There's a big round-about 'Bucium'' stop, follow the road for about 100m forward from the bus stop. You can hitchhike South by staying a little uphill from it.<br>== Coming from West and going North ==*Get off right before the The large clover-leaf intersectionshould be visible.*Make a right left at the clover-leaf intersection. Right after it, go about 400m and make a left as the road goes. *Therethere's a bus station. Get a ticket good hitchhiking spot, and take the trolley-bus 6there may be others hitching there.*Get down at the last stationIf you are going to [[Budapest]], make a sign reading "BP".*You can hitchhike North right at Because all traffic from the start culturally Hungarian regions of the bridge over the railroadeastern Transylvania passes through this spot, many drivers are going straight to Budapest. [[User:CRCulver|CRCulver]] typically gets a lift to Budapest with under 2 minutes waiting time by using a sign.<br>== Maps =='''Related map'''*[http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=46.78205534645891756577816930374&lng=23.637492656707764540353775024414&zoom=1716&trip=0&view=2 NorthExiting West]*[http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=46.75538337689141&lng=23.596047163009644&zoomSleeping =18&trip=0&view=2 South You could also try contacting Hitchwiki contributor [[User:TruckThor|TruckThor]]*, who lives in Cluj-Napoca. ([http://www.liftershaltecouchsurfing.infocom/people/?lat=46.756577816930374&lng=23.540353775024414&zoom=16&trip=0&view=2 Westtruckthor CouchSurfing profile]) __NOTOC__{{IsIn|Cluj}}